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submission guidelines

UPDATED AUGUST 2, 2019

This tag is dedicated to beginners to programming, development, networking, or to a particular language. Everything should be geared towards that!

For Questions...

Consider using this tag along with #help, if...

You are new to a language, or to programming in general,
You want an explanation with NO prerequisite knowledge required.
You want insight from more experienced developers.

Please do not use this tag if you are merely new to a tool, library, or framework.

See also, #explainlikeimfive

For Articles...

Posts should be specifically geared towards true beginners (experience level 0-2 out of 10).
Posts should require NO prerequisite knowledge, except perhaps general (language-agnostic) essentials of programming.
Posts should NOT merely be for beginners to a tool, library, or framework.

If your article does not meet these qualifications, please select a different tag.

Promotional Rules

Posts should NOT primarily promote an external work. This is what Listings is for.
Otherwise accepable posts MAY include a brief (1-2 sentence) plug for another resource at the bottom.
Resource lists ARE acceptable if they follow these rules:
- Include at least 3 distinct authors/creators.
- Clearly indicate which resources are FREE, which require PII, and which cost money.
- Do not use personal affiliate links to monetize.
- Indicate at the top that the article contains promotional links.

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Andrea Liliana Griffiths

Jan 17

How to share what you know (without becoming an influencer)

#webdev #programming #ai #beginners

8 min read

MJ-O

Jan 17

Introduction to Version Control with Git and GitHub

#programming #dataengineering #beginners #git

3 min read

👨‍💻Pierre-Henry ✨

Jan 18

Taking a Break from Dev.to (This is Why)

#discuss #career #beginners #productivity

1 min read

Beverline Otiende

Jan 18

A beginners guide to Git: Version control, Tracking changes, Pushing and Pulling Code.

#beginners #codenewbie #git #tutorial

3 min read

Sumit Jha

Jan 17

From Funnels to Pipelines: Why I’m Trading Digital Marketing for DevOps

#webdev #beginners #career #devops

2 min read

Jan 17

How I built a Movie Suggestion CLI

#programming #beginners #java #learning

6 min read

Jan 17

I Checked My Phone 47 Times Yesterday. Here's What I'm Building Instead.

#discuss #productivity #career #beginners

7 min read

esteban mo

Dec 14 '25

My First Two Projects as a 17-Year-Old Developer

#webdev #javascript #html #beginners

1 min read

Ikoh Sylva

Jan 17

AltSchool Of Engineering Tinyuka’24 Month 11 Week 4

#cloud #altschoolafrica #altschool #beginners

4 min read

Jan 17

Git for Absolute Beginners: Understand Version Control, Track Changes, Commit, Push & Pull

#git #github #beginners #datascience

3 min read

Ikoh Sylva

Jan 17

AltSchool Of Engineering Tinyuka’24 Month 11 Week 3

#cloud #altschool #altschoolafrica #beginners

5 min read

ENRIQUE CORDERO

Dec 12 '25

Tema-1 AWS Regions y Availability Zones: Guía Completa y Simple

#aws #architecture #tutorial #beginners

5 min read

Dinesh

Jan 5

Understanding Starter Content and Selection Mode in Unreal Engine (Day 10)

#beginners #devjournal #gamedev

2 min read

Yukti Sahu

Dec 14 '25

5 Surprising Truths About Your SQL SELECT Query (And Why They Matter)

#tutorial #beginners #sql #database

4 min read

Jan 17

C# Loops (for, foreach, while, do-while)

#csharp #dotnet #programming #beginners

6 min read

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